Stethorus Weise, 1885

Poorani, J., Anuradha, C. & Thanigairaj, R., 2025, An illustrated account of Stethorini (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) predatory on mite pests of banana in India, including description of a new species, Zootaxa 5737 (1), pp. 34-66 : 44

publication ID

https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5737.1.2

publication LSID

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18020563

persistent identifier

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scientific name

Stethorus Weise, 1885
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Genus Stethorus Weise, 1885 View in CoL

Scymnus ( Stethorus) Weise, 1885: 65 .

Stethorus Weise, 1899: 64 View in CoL .– Kapur, 1948: 297. Type species: Coccinella? minima Rossi, 1794: 89 (= Stethorus punctillum ( Weise, 1891)) , by subsequent designation of Korschefsky, 1931.

Nephopullus Brèthes, 1925: 167 .–Synonymized by Kapur, 1948: 300. Type species: Nephopullus darwini Brèthes , by subsequent designation of Korschefsky, 1931.

Stethorus ( Allostethorus) Iablokoff-Khnzorian, 1972: 120 . Type species: Stethorus ( Allostethorus) amurensis Iablokoff-Khnzorian, 1972 , by original designation.

Diagnosis. Externally similar to Parastethorus and differs mainly by the complete abdominal postcoxal lines and the male genitalia. There are two subgenera in Stethorus . The subgenus Allostethorus can be distinguished from the subgenus Stethorus by the short penis, stout penis guide, and tegminal strut longer than penis guide. The subgenus Stethorus is characterized by a slender penis, somewhat elongate penis guide with the tegminal strut shorter than penis guide.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Coccinellidae

Loc

Stethorus Weise, 1885

Poorani, J., Anuradha, C. & Thanigairaj, R. 2025
2025
Loc

Stethorus ( Allostethorus )

Iablokoff-Khnzorian, S. M. 1972: 120
1972
Loc

Nephopullus Brèthes, 1925: 167

Kapur, A. P. 1948: 300
Brethes, J. 1925: 167
1925
Loc

Stethorus

Kapur, A. P. 1948: 297
Weise, J. 1899: 64
Rossi, P. 1794: 89
1899
Loc

Scymnus ( Stethorus )

Weise, J. 1885: 65
1885
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